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Side 11
... set of hangings in honour of the last year in Flanders . I muft own to you , I ap- prove extremely this invention , and it might be improved for the benefit of manufactory : as , fuppofe an ingenious gentleman fhould write a poem of ...
... set of hangings in honour of the last year in Flanders . I muft own to you , I ap- prove extremely this invention , and it might be improved for the benefit of manufactory : as , fuppofe an ingenious gentleman fhould write a poem of ...
Side 16
... set forth in a clear and live- ly manner , without unfeasonable paf- fions ; and the whole air of the book , as to the language , the sentiments , and the reafonings , fhews it was written by one whofe virtues fit eafy about him , and ...
... set forth in a clear and live- ly manner , without unfeasonable paf- fions ; and the whole air of the book , as to the language , the sentiments , and the reafonings , fhews it was written by one whofe virtues fit eafy about him , and ...
Side 23
... He is of that order of men who has much ho- nour and merit , but withal a coxcomb ; the other of that set of females , who has innocence and wit , but the first of co- quets . quets . It is eafy to believe , these muft THE 23 TATLER .
... He is of that order of men who has much ho- nour and merit , but withal a coxcomb ; the other of that set of females , who has innocence and wit , but the first of co- quets . quets . It is eafy to believe , these muft THE 23 TATLER .
Side 93
... set of arguments to which , if the faid enraged nan liftens be fpoken to any man in a paffion , to , will prevent quarrelling . Mr. Bickeritaff does hereby give no- tice , that he has taken the two famous uni- verfities of this land ...
... set of arguments to which , if the faid enraged nan liftens be fpoken to any man in a paffion , to , will prevent quarrelling . Mr. Bickeritaff does hereby give no- tice , that he has taken the two famous uni- verfities of this land ...
Side 94
... set of intellectual triflers , torments me heartily ; for , to a lover who understands metaphors , all this pretty prattle of ideas gives very fine views of pleasure , which only the dear declaimer prevents , by understanding them lite ...
... set of intellectual triflers , torments me heartily ; for , to a lover who understands metaphors , all this pretty prattle of ideas gives very fine views of pleasure , which only the dear declaimer prevents , by understanding them lite ...
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againſt agreeable alfo anfwer appear beauty becauſe behaviour BICKERSTAFF bufinefs cafe caufe COFFEE-HOUSE confefs confider confideration converfation defign defire difcourfe drefs eftate exprefs eyes fafe faid fame fatire fatisfaction fecond fecret feems feen felf felves fenfe fent fervant ferve fervice feven feveral fhall fhew fhort fhould fide fince firft fome fomething foon fpeak fpirit ftate ftill fubject fuch fuffered fure gentleman give himſelf honour houfe inftance ISAAC BICKERSTAFF juft lady laft lefs letter live look lover manner mind moft moſt muft muſt myſelf nature neceffary never obferved occafion paffed paffion perfons pleafed pleaſe pleaſure poffible prefent racter reafon refolved reft reprefented ſhall ſpeak Tatler thefe themſelves theſe thing thofe thoſe thought tion town ufual underſtand uſe vifit virtue whofe whole wife woman words young
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Side 285 - That he might not beteem the winds of heaven Visit her face too roughly. Heaven and earth! Must I remember? why, she would hang on him, As if increase of appetite had grown By what it fed on; and yet, within a month, Let me not think on't: Frailty, thy name is woman!
Side 442 - Papa could not hear me, and would play with me no more, for they were going to put him under ground, whence he could never come to us again.
Side 206 - The diseased have ye not strengthened, neither have ye healed that which was sick, neither have ye bound up that which was broken, neither have ye brought again that which was driven away, neither have ye sought that which was lost; but with force and with cruelty have ye ruled them.
Side 604 - Thy creatures have been my books, but thy scriptures much more. I have sought thee in the courts, fields, and gardens, but I have found thee in thy temples.
Side 371 - READING is to the mind, what exercise is to the body.. As by the one, health is preserved, strengthened, and; invigorated; by the other, virtue (which is the health of the mind) is kept alive, cherished, and confirmed.
Side 604 - I have ever prayed unto thee that it might have the first and the latter rain, and that it might stretch her branches to the seas, and to the floods.
Side 442 - I remember I went into the room where his body lay, and my mother sat weeping alone by it. I had my battledore in my hand, and fell a beating the coffin, and calling papa ; for, I know not how, I had some slight idea that he was locked up there.
Side 442 - The first sense of sorrow I ever knew was upon the death of my father, at which time I was not quite five years of age; but was rather amazed at what all the house meant, than possessed with a real understanding why nobody was willing to play with me.
Side 515 - The gentleman of the house told me, if I delighted in flowers, it would be worth my while ; for that he believed he could show me such a blow of tulips as was not to be matched in the whole country. I accepted the offer, and immediately found that they had been talking in terms of gardening, and that the kings and generals they had mentioned were only so many tulips, to which the gardeners, according to their usual custom, had given such high titles and appellations of honour. I was very much...
Side 389 - To this he added, that, for his part, he could not wish to see the Turk driven out of Europe, which he believed could not but be prejudicial to our woollen manufacture.